The Center on European Union Law presents
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Enforcing the Law of Democracy
The Marine Le Pen's ineligibility judgment and its implications |
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Tuesday, April 22, 2025
4:00 - 4:30 p.m. | check-in
4:30 - 6:00 p.m. | program
In-Person
Fordham Law School
Hill Faculty Conference Room (7-119)
Seventh Floor
150 West 62nd Street
New York, NY 10023
Refreshments will be served!
CLE credits will be available.
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On Monday, 31 March 2025, Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right party Rassemblement National (National Rally) in France, was convicted of misappropriation of public funds in the so-called “parliamentary assistants” case. She was sentenced by the Paris Criminal Court to four years of imprisonment, including two years to be served, a fine of 100,000 euros, and a five-year period of ineligibility to hold public office immediately enforceable.
This unprecedented judgment jeopardizes the very possibility for the leading candidate in the upcoming 2027 presidential election to run for office. The judgment is marked by an unusual degree of judicial creativity, particularly in its underlying conception of democracy, which may be understood through the lens of militant democracy. Although it does not constitute a political judgment in the traditional, partisan sense, its constitutional and symbolic significance is substantial—and the backlash it has provoked against the judiciary is a cause for concern.
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| Eleonora Bottini, Visiting Professor of Law, Fordham Law School, and Full Professor of Public Law at the University of Caen Normandy (France)
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Moderator: Martin Gelter, Professor of Law and Director of the Fordham Center on European Union Law
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This program is sponsored by the
Fordham Center on European Union Law.
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